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MARGIN IS 80
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STATUS: ENTER ONLY
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NUMBER OF LINES: 629
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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ********************** REMOVED: 12 JUN 84 *******************************
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3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator
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4 *************************************************************************
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5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION
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6 PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM.
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7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privately owned
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8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public.
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9 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is
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10 privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which
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11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be
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12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
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13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
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14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
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15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
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16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
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17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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18 ************************************************************
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19
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20 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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21 MADE IT TO THE TOP! (again..)
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22 All: Hello! Couldn't resist the temptation of the "top", had to make an
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23 appearance! Since no one replied to my last essay to "All:", I will refrain
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24 from wasting time with a second.
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25 L'homme: Yiiee! Caught in an elecTRONic world, with lethal TTL logic
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26 levels.... I've got it! If the Doctor would just let us borrow the Dimen-
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27 sional Stabilizer out of his TARDIS, you could be out of this jam is a sec!
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28 That is, assuming that your'e not in some sort of cabinet, in which case you
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29 would BECOME jam in a sec! Back to reality.... The dual SLU on my new
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30 11 just bit the big one! In total, 3 major, expensive problems...that SLU,
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31 memory card (pick a random word from 0 to 127, change it's contents to FFFF,
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32 and do so with every 128th location following... it seems to be a refresh
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33 problem), and now one of the disk makes a grinding, instead of whirring
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34 noise. Argh! It's as if I have gremlins in there... Gee, your party
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35 couldn't be inside of MY 11???? no....
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36 BARD & L'homme: We need to negotiate on the archives.
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37 Piper: You have returned! Fantatastic! I thought you had gone the way of
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38 the d. Nice to see you back.
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39 CISTOP: Liar, liar pants on fire! Will I get to see the new steed next
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40 time? I would never have guessed your sister was really your sister, but
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41 now that I think back I can see some resemblance....
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42 PAM (?): Is that really you? U/L case, no 40 col. "ATARI" signature, and I
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43 don't remember telekenisis numbered among your many skills. Throw out a
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44 tidbit of info that only the REAL PAM could know, and I will believe. By the
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45 way, what's with this heavy-duty industrial strength control-Q ing? Reminds
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46 me of CMDN.......
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47
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48 ALL: Last topic. Will anyone talk to me about PARA-PSYCHOLOGY?
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49
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50 Aaron
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51 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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52 ,',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',','
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53 REMEMBER to call The Broken Blade Inn. See the other info at the bottom of
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54 drive B. Thanks Inkeeper Fig and Nibs the stableboy...
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55 ,',',',',',',',',',',',',',',' 635 - xxxx ,',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',
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56 Hey this is the Third line here!!!!
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57 Wow closest i've ever made to the TOP!!!!
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58 Well What's going on with everyone here??????
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59 I don't know either
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60 Well gotta Fly!!!!!
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61 **<<KING DRADSKAN>>**
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62 Where's everybody??
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63 All:
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64
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65 i'm new on this system,and looking for some talk back!
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66
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67 UAC
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68 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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69 Quizmaster: The answer to your second puzzle on drive B is : It requires at least two. If on the first grab, you take
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70 a grey sock out, then there is a 50/50 chance of pulling another grey sock out. The maximum that you should have
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71 to remove is three. This was not your most difficult one. (Actually, it was
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72 quite easy!!!)
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73 Archer: Where are you??? Your input is desperatly needed!!! (Not wanted, NEEDED!!!!)
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74 Milchar: I know that I left us hanging, but I couldn't think of anything...
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75
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76
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77 ????????????????????????????????????????????????? The Doctor ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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78 P.S:
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79 Cistop Mikey: What was wrong with our favorite system today??? All day I tryed to get on, but the phone just rang,
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80 and rang, and rang.....
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81 ?
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82 ????????????????????????????????????????????????? The Doctor ?????????????????????????ma 126 is fun!!! ????????????????
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83 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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84 Quizmaster:Three socks maximum (as the Doctor said). As for the other puzzle, there are twenty beasts and ten birds.
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85 You can count on me to NOT tell the Doctor your 'true' identity... I suppose it was silly of me to assume that I was
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86 the only one in your confidence. If the Doctor thinks back, however...
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87 +++++++++++++++++++++
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88 Milchar, after placing the last of the bottles in place, looks about. "Well, you seem to have room for many more
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89 vintages... I believe that I shall go retrieve some more. A good keg of Kyros or some Wine of Pardos would supplement
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90 your stocks nicely. Doctor, you can fix up the Archer, can't you? After all, you're the specialist in the machinery
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91 department, not I. It's a pity that Gizmo couldn't stay, but the new technology law recently passed was more than he
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92 could bear. I'm off- hope to see you soon, and all that. Goodbye!" And with those words, Milchar climbs the twisting
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93 stairs to the Inn. Finding no one about, Milchar goes out of the door to find a tremendously large tower occupying
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94 the lot beside the Inn. "Never noticed that before...", Milchar mutters. Outside of the Tower, there is a small group
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95 of people that are surrounding a thin man hovering before a book, or is it hovering before him? A quick mind-scan
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96 show that the man is called The Lazy One. Milchar walks over to the assemblage in a few steps, and asks, "Need any
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97 more help? I'll try a simple spell for the wine finding and see what happens. Ready? XWEFA ZLWTF TXYCA BEHUN!
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98 Sorcery does have its advantages...
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99 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar, by himself again +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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100 ****************************************************::
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101 THE SYSTEM WAS OFFLINE TODAY FROM ABOUT 11:30AM TO 3:30PM
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102 TO DO BACKUPS AND FREE UP SOME DISKS FOR REUSE ON BWMS SO
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103 AS TO ALLOW YOU TO ENTER AS YO ARE NOW, FOR WITHOUT IT
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104 I WOULDN'T HAVE THE DISK YOU ARE NOW SEEING TO USE.
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105 ******************** CISTOP MIKEY *************************
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106
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107 ///////////////////////////////////////////////
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108 Quizmaster:
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109 since I have blue sox with stripes, ribs, long ones. short ones, light
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110 grey ones, dark grey, fuzzy, and a few other combinations, with 30 soxs
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111 in the box it usually takes about 31 to get a match.
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112 Of course, if you are color blind, it only takes about 29.
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113 Good luck finding any two alike... And now you know why we all are
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114 laughing at you......
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115 ///////////////////////////////////bad\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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116 ///////////////This is joey. How did you all out there like the Rose Prade?
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117 list
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118 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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119
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120 MILCHAR ENTERS THE TARDIS AND STARTS TO PLAY A GAME OF CHESS WITH THE
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121 DOCTOR.
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122
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123 THE ARCHER THINKING ABOUT BEING NORMAL JUST STANDS THERE. IT SCARES THE
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124 $%&'$%&' OUT OF HIM. SO HE TAKES OUT
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125 ONE OF HIS DIAMOND ARROWS AND STABS
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126 HIMSELF!!
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127
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128 THE DOCTOR AND MILCHAR ARE SITTING
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129 PLAYING CHESS. THE DOCTOR SEES A COMB-
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130 INATION OF BLOOD AND OIL ON THE FLOOR.
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131 HE LOOK OVER TO THE CORNER AND SEES THE
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132 ARCHER DEAD!!!
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133
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134 THE DOCTOR GETS UP AND SETS THE
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135 COORDANCE FOR THE ARCHER'S HOME PLANERT.
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136 WITH A TEAR. AS THE TARDIS LANDS ON
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137 CYBOR PLANET THE ARCHER'S WIFE RUNS TO
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138 THE TARDIS. MILCHAR MENTALLY LIFTS THE
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139 ARCHER OUTSIDE. THE ARCHER'S WIFE TAKES HIM INTO THEIR HOUSE.
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140
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141 THE DOCTOR AND MILCHAR SLOWLY ENTER
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142 THE TARDIS. THE LIGHT ON THE POLICE
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143 BOX TURNS RESD AND IT SLOWLY DISAPPEARS.
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144
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145 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<BOO HOO!!<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<THE ARCHER<<<<
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146 SORRY MILCH!!
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147
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149 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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150 -> bad: good point. Finding a pair in that mess would be an adventure.
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151 Fortunately that wasn't the way the question was set up.
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152 -> Doctor: Correct. Minimum 2, minimum 3.
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153 -> Milchar: Also correct on both answers. Granted, they were easy.
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154 They can't all be difficult, can they? Besides, if the answer
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155 comes too easily, perhaps you will waste more time trying to figure
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156 out what the answer Really is.
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157 Identity - You were actually the second person told. I had informed
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158 L'homme about 3 weeks earlier. As you may recall, I indicated that I
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159 was considering telling others. I decided to do so at the
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160 PC&S tavern, so 4 or 5 know now. If the others are interested,
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161 they are invited to take MiG's advanced course in Identity Cracking 322.
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162 Question: does XWEFA ZLWTF TXYCA BEHUN have any meaning?
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163 It resembles a cypher, but is not one known to me. It is also
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164 unknown to my contact at Net Central.
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165
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166 Here's my next challenge:
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167 Two automobiles are approaching each other at a constant velocity of
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168 60 mph. When the autos are two miles apart, a very fast fly leaves the
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169 front bumper of one of the autos and travels toward the other at a speed
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170 of 120 mph. Upon reaching that auto, the fly immediately reverses direction.
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171 This continues until the autos collide.
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172 How far did the fly travel?
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173 ??????????????????????????????? QUIZMASTER ????????????????????????????
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174 CAN I NOW ENTER SOMETHING?
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175 QUIZMASTER: re Dreamtoucher's entries. That terminal displays ALL cases as upper
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176 thus it would be difficult for him to check his entries (don't even THINK about
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177 CH, FI, or FA!!)
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178 ________________________________________________________________________________
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179 Lazy one: another set of references for Four-eye Monoghela is Suffolk County,
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180 Long Island, Callahan's Bar.
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181 "Careful plannning is the key to safe and swift travel." ULYSSES
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182 ...............................................the apprentice...................
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183 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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184 NET central.problems in last transmission as cypher is now known.please contact
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185 by any avalible means on sunday.
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186 NET contact #4
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187 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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188 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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189 The party had mostly taken shelter with few forays out into the still rising
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190 wind. The various small fuzzy animals were grouped next to the piper, subdued
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191 by the loss of several of their number due to various misadventures. They
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192 observed the carnivores in the company with quiet distrust.
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193 The piper was trying to repair his pipes. Damaged in his fall when he entered
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194 this reality, they were the most important thing in the piper's life right
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195 now. Finally the piper turned to the others and spoke.
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196 "I've gotten the pipes repaired as much as I can. I still don't know how
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197 we all ended up here together or even where here is. I ended here due to the
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198 wide cast I made with the pipes -- out-of-tune pipes -- and brought myself
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199 and a number of these little critters. As far as I can see, the bard's
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200 devices may have interacted with the pipes to bring the rest of you here.
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201 Bard, can you use your equipment in L'Homme's car to get us to a better place?
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202 Also -- can you get us up to 'normal' size? I would hate to get to Innisfall
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203 the size of an ant! (Your equipment can handle size transformations, can't it?)
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204 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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205
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206 :*************************************************************:
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207 d'Autun: Get those fuzzy animals back before they're all
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208 killed. I'll not tolerate their continued destruction. - McKane
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209 :*************************************************************:
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210 AM i IN? AFTER ALL THAT CLEVER COMPOSING LATE LAST NIGHT, WHICH NO ONE SAW----.
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211 NO
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212 I GUESS NOT. LYSIAS
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213 uuhHi got a little carried away
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214
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215 *Michlar:What do you think of yourself anyway/?
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216 *Lazy one:What kinda name is that?
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217 *The apprentice or whatever:What's your buisness here?
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218 *Mig:Are you ever around?
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219 *Citsop Mikey:Are you the sysop(Duh??)
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220 *Digital Man:What ever happend to you?
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221 *Phantom Writter:Where the HE** are you(I hope you died!!)
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222 *Prometheus Hawthorne:Also Where are you?
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223 *King Dradskan:Where did you get that name?
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224 *Nibs:What'S going on here?
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225 *All:That's my fellings on this BBS well i'll bet you want me to Stick it right !!!!(Find out who this is i will give you one
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226 tter of the First name and of the Last
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227 **E L**
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228 **************************************************
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229 Anyone here a Devil Worshipper?
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230 WHICH DEVIL? LYSIAS
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231 WHATSWRONG WITH ANONYMITY? LYSIAS
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232 To above: You forgot one, *Who is this PAM, and where is she?
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233
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234 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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235 Quizmaster:That poor fly travels four miles. Yes, that code does have significance. I wrote a special program to
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236 take ciphertext and manipulate it when a keyword was entered. I use a standard polyalphabetic table, and so a=0, b=1,
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237 etc (I'm sure you know what the numbers signify!). The keyword in this case is hidden in the last sentence of my
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238 last message.
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239 (Just goes to show what a determined person & a C-64 can do!)
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240 ++++++++++++++++
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241 Network:I'd like to 'join'- I do enjoy a good cryptogram (I've done a lot of personal study on the subject.)
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242 ++++++++++++++++
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243 Before the astonished group, a ring of smoke gathers in the air, a frame around a vision inside. The smoke shows
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244 a vast desert of dust, in which is a wooden 'boat' about the size of a modern oiltanker. A closer view, and the ring
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245 shows rows upon rows of kegs. "The last of the Pardos... in the Sea of Dust!"
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246 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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247 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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248 ^^^ ^^^
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249 ^^^ Is it possible to
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250 ^^^ get someone to ^^^
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251 ^^^ respond to a
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252
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253 ^^^ message around
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254 ^^^ here.^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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255 ^^^ I need some new
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256 ^^^ phone numbers for
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257 ^^^ some conversation
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258 ^^^ PLEASE RESPOND!!^^
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259 ^^^^ ^^^
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260 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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261 ********************************************
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262 new modem in town,if
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263 interested call--
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264
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265 (503) 630-xxxx
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266
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267 signed,
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268
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269 U.A.C.
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270
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271 ********************************************
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272 To UAC:
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273 Which numbers of what??
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274 Well you can leave me a Message i don't care
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275 well,so long all!!!
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276 Michlar:I think we should kill *E L* who ever he is!!!!
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277
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278 To *E L*:Who the H*** are you?????What do you want anyway????
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279 Well bye!!!!!!!
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280 ----------------------The Informer-------------------------
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281 -----------------------------------------------------------
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282 Want to start an Anti-*E L* club
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283 ANTI-DEVIL club or anything??
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284 ***********************************************************
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286 Ronald Regean is awesome
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287 he RULES
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288 *******************************************************:
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291 --------------------------------------------------------
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292 SS
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293 AA
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294 XX
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295 OO
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296 NN
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297 RULES!!!!
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298 DDDDDAAAAVVVVIIIIDDDD FFFOOORRRDDD
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299 HI I AM DDAVID FORD AND I HAVE A
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300 MODEM IF YOU ARE INTERSETED CALL
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301 292-xxxx
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302 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
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303 The Troy Norin's are back in town. I cleaned up some of the mess and
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304 was tempted on zapping the last few messages.
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305 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
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306 The Ninja started to stir. The gem hidden in his garment was humming
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307 very slightly. If anyone would have been able to read it's thoughts (It's
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308 mental barriers were almost infinately powerful) they would have picked up
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309 following:
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310 "Fools! They think the Ninja is the evil one. A simple sleep can not
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311 hurt the Phoenix Egg. They've led me straight to the rest of their party.
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312 A Ninja trained body is a good one to control. Soon I will have my last
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313 sliver. Time to wake up the Ninja.
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314 The Ninja
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315 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
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316 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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317
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318 ALL: A small group of us backwater "irregulars" has decided to make a
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319 group purchase of the BMMS archives. Currently, there is only one "slot"
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320 left, when we fill that position we will make the buy. We have 3 people
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321 currently, with a fourth (and considering Mikey's last quote of $5/disk)
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322 each member will contribute 1$ per disk (one of us will keep the original
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323 media, and contribute an EXTRA $1 per disk (me!)). If additional people
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324 want to join BEFORE we buy, I can't see any reason why they can't join,
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325 though I would like to make the buy a soon as possible after we get our
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326 4th person. I don't plan on copying my set beyond the group, I can't
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327 speak for the other two but I would assume that they would find it not in
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328 their best interest (some of us want to forget some of the things we put
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329 on the system!) also.
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330 I believe there are approx. 30 .25 meg archive disks currently. Please
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331 leave me a note if you are interested, or give me a call.
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332 Aaron
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333 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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334 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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335 Hey everybody, Im back. ))))))))))))))))))))))))))Aaron, you want
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336 parapsycology? Our class just finished a unit about that. Are you guys think
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337 ing about making hard-copy instead of disk available? I would go for that.((
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338 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$I'll get back in the adventure as soon as my head stops aching
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339 from this rotten school year$$$$$$$$$$$$$00000001TED$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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340 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::
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341 ALEX: what happened to the RISK game?
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342 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::voyeur::::::::O O:::::::::::
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376 HEY, YOU GUY'S--I'M THE NEW KID ON THE MODEM BLOCK, AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
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380 IF THERE IS A WAY TO SCROLL THE "LIST" ; I CAN'T READ THAT FAST . ANY COMMEN
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383 TSSS? wHAT AREN'T I DOING RIGHT?LYSIAS
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384 TO BELOW: I DON'T KNOW PAM. LYSIAS
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387
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388 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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389
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390 I finally arrive at the Inn, and I pause at the Rowan that still grows
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391 healthily by the road that winds past. It is good to see that there are
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392 still a few anchors left for me in this chameleon land. The small flask is
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393 easily removed from the pocket hidden inside my cloak, and I drain the few
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394 remaining drops of the precious red liquid upon the earth at its base. A
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395 salute to you, my dear friend, in solemn remembrance of times past and
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396 events passed! The road I've travelled in the years since that time have
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397 been paved with a strange mixture of difficulty and joy, but the memory of
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398 your resolve has been a foundation of rock during the best of times and a
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399 crutch during the worst. Either way, it has helped me remain upright.
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400
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401 Opening the door to the Inn, I look in at the always delightful brew
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402 of old and new, friends and strangers, that populate the current clientele.
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403 I begin to move toward the bar when I feel a hand on my shoulder. The
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404 strong hand easily stops my momentum, and I find myself spun around to face
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405 a group of somewhat rough looking men. The feeling is of a butterfly
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406 fastened to the paper by the pins of their distrust, and the thought that
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407 perhaps returning here was not an idea of merit flutters momentarily
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408 through my thoughts. Even Aaron looks at me questioningly.
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409
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410 "If you are who you say you are," Aaron challenges, "where is your
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411 upper case, your column format, your...... games machine?" The crowd, now
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412 giving this confrontation its whole attention in the hopes of some
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413 diverting entertainment, murmurs at this systemist slur, and some weapons
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414 are moved to places of easier reach. "And tell me," he continues, "when
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415 did you gain the ability to transport such large amounts of material? Or
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416 the desire to fill our cups with ^Q? Give us some proof that you are
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417 indeed who you say you are!" Despite the challenge in Aaron's voice, there
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418 is a twinkle in his eye and the hint of a smile dancing across his face.
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419
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420 "Very little has changed except the rules of hospitality, apparently!"
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421 I respond while vainly attempting to remove the hand from my shoulder. "I
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422 use whatever case fits my needs. My columns have been 76 since your own
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423 request of many months ago, notwithstanding their superior appearance upon
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424 hardcopy. The ^Q's were merely playful experimentation at adding delay,
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425 and a safe one I hope. Our good Innkeeper once told me they were the
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426 safest method available, but if they give you more than momentary pause I
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427 will cease their use. As to transportation, that was a result of the power
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428 used initially. Those poor creatures were only partly here, their
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429 existence was still strongly tied to their home. They were stretched
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430 through space like a rubber band, and returning them was not a matter of
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431 the release of massive powers on my part, but merely a cutting of the
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432 tenuous cord that tied them to this place. Once that was done, the return
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433 took care of itself." I smile shakily. "Besides, cleaning up after you
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434 playful children once was an accepted duty of a barmaid."
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435
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436 "What can I say that would assure you of who I am?" I ask. "A snide
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437 aside about the stillborn Unicom? A bad pun (is it true that the best
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438 compiler to run on UNIX is NOBOL?)?" The initial surprise and fear of the
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439 challenge has slowly coalesced into anger. "In truth, how can I ever
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440 convince a suspicious mind of the existence of anything outside of itself?"
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441 I reach for the stranger's rough hand upon my shoulder, and he pulls it
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442 away from me in surprise, his imagination convincing him that it is full of
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443 thorns. Oh damn, I didn't mean to do that!
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444
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445 I spin away, knocking some glasses from a nearby table with my cloak,
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446 and am out the back door at a run before anyone realizes what has happened.
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447 The forest knows me, welcomes me, and moves to hide my clumsy, rushed
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448 passage through it with leaves and other material. For fifteen minutes I
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449 run without direction or purpose, the exertion of my flight a release for
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450 the confusion in my mind. Finally, the pent-up emotions reach the surface,
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451 and I stop and drop to the ground. Sitting, I lean against the trunk of a
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452 tree, pull my knees against my chest, wrap my arms around my legs, and give
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453 release to my feelings.
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454
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455 How incredibly stupid, Pam! Such over-reaction is normally not your
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456 style. You shouldn't let weariness speak for you, nor should you wear your
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457 feelings on your sleeve. It all means nothing, nothing at all, and they
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458 meant nothing by what was said. Finally, the events of late begin to
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459 catch up with me, and I drift off to sleep.
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460
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461 Dreamily, I look up and realize that the glen I have come to is a
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462 familiar one, a place where I have spent much time. Across from me is a
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463 large stump, and faerie lights dance gayly from leaf to leaf. I begin to
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464 speak, but my voice is naught but a whisper. "Bharnae...?"
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465
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466 "Yeah, I'm here shorty. Go to sleep, we'll talk later." a familiar
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467 voice responds. As I drift off, I think of times long gone, and of dreams
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468 of those times that are lost.
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469
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470 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]PAM-[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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471 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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472 If thats not PAM,I shall drink meisterbrue!
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473 All:Oh goodie! more juvies to hunt down and destroy! perhaps the Voyeur would help me in this mission?
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474 The Man in Gray
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475 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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476
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477 ######################################################################
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478 Summer encroaches, I look out my window and see the sun shinning down on the
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479 open fields and the children laughing at play. Ahh, to be young and
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480 innocent again. To not be forshadowed by the intertwinning spiderweb of
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481 living. I know that I cannot escape from it, for I have tried. No matter
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482 where you run, still it is there to snare you. Trapped in its folds and
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483 strands, I find I cannot escape. For a melancholy mood traps me in its
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484 lethargic embrace. I am drained of all energy and woodenly move to sit at
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485 the edge of my cot. Clasping my pillow to me I stare at the wall and cry
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486 out in despair. "Oh Pam, dear Pam, please don't leave." With a sob I
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487 collapse to my cot and wonder how I will get through yet another barren and
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488 desolate day.
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489 ######################## The Innkeeper ################################
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490 "How far did the fly travel?" I should hardly consider zipping from bumper-to-
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491 bumper, merely agonizingly deferring one's all-too-impending doom to be "travel". One would surmise that with such eyes and
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492 wings the little bugger could bail out before his fate could catch up! An
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493 alternate question may appeal to all you para-elitist-intelligensia: What was
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494 the fly thinking during his flight?
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495 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Just passing through ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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496 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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497 He was thinking, "Why am I flying back and forth between these two stuipid humans with their cars when I know that
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498 I shall be smashed between them?", just as he was smashed between them.
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499 ++++++++++++++++++++++
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500 Ah! I agree with MiG, that's about as good of credentials as you can get around here. Welcome back, Pam!
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501 ++++++++++++++++++++++
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502 MiG: A 'juvie' hunt? Now wait a minute... I think I fall in that classification! Unless you're talking about
|
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503 mentally.... In that case, count me in as I've not much else to do...
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504 ++++++++++++++++++++++
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505 Network:Well? No reply?
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506 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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507 Post Script; If the 'juvies' must refer to me, please spell my name correctly. Thank you, End of Sermon
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508 ************************************************************************
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509 Milchar: I shrunk the tower down to cottage size when I grew the three
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510 trees around it. The trees are an Oak an Ash and a Thorn by the way. I
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511 keep hoping Puck will show up for a round of mischief.
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512
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513 Apprentice: I know that the other coordinates will also work. That seemed
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514 such an easy way to do it however. It would be nice to see Calahan and
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515 Jake and the rest again though. How are your puns? Knowing that place,
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516 we'll undoubtably arrive on Punday night.
|
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517
|
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518 "Once a knight, always a knight.
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519 but once a king is once too often" Sir Bella of Eastmarch
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520 ****************************** THE LAZY ONE ***************************
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||
|
|
521 ++++ Sorry, TLO, but that must have slipped by me.... +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++++++++++++++
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||
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522
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523 ********************************************
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524 TO:Anyone
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525 FROM:U.A.C.
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526 SUBJECT:Milchar
|
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527 MESSAGE: Will someone
|
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528 please inform me what
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529 Milchar's stories are
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530 triing to prove.
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531
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532 ********************************************
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||
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533 MILK TRUCK BRINGS THE SSSSSUN UP SUBWAY SHAKES THE FLOOR PAPER HITSS THE DOOR AND I THINK ABOUT YOU. IT'SSSS TIME TO FAC
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534 END
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535 ENTER
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536 THE LONLINES OF ANOTHER EMPTY DAY , IT'S SSZSSO HARD LIVING WITHOUT YOU (PAM).
|
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537 END
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538 ENTER
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539 AARON: PLEEZ ENTER YOUR DATE TIME AND PLACE OF BIRTH AND WE'LL RAP ON PARA PARAPZCHOLOGY.
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540 ENTER
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541 PLEAZE FORGIGE THEZZZZZ'Z, BUT THE
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542 SSSSS KEY IZ ZTUCK. MILCHAR HAZ REMEMBERED THAT " DIDN'T ZEE THAT BEFORE, BUT IT IZ A VERY PAINFUL MEMORY, AND HAZ NOT C
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543 COMPLETELY ZURFACED. IT HAZ TO DO WITH AN EXIZTANCE IN AN OTHER TIME, AN OTHER PLACE THAT NOT EVEN WALTER KRONKITEZ UNIV
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|
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544 ERZE COULD CONZTRUE. IT WILL COME BACK TO HIM AND THE DIAMOND ARROWZ WILL , AS THEY FLY TOWARD THEIR METAPHYZICAL TARG
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545 WILL PRIZM LIKE RELECT A COLOR THAT WILL AWAKEN CHILDHOOD MEMORIEZ AND THE ZCRUZTRE WILL THEN BE RECALLED.
|
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546 LYZIAZ:
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|
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547 ACK-ZHUL-EE, THE WHOLE PROBLEM WITH LIFE IZ THAT IT IZ A TERMINAL DIZEAZE, NONE OF UZ WILL ZURVIVE IT. AT LEAZT ON THE
|
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|
|
548 PLANE THAT WE BELIEVE TO BE THE "LIFE" THAT WE "LIVE";IE THIZ PLEAZURE ORIENTED FATALIZTIC ANT /GRAZZHOPPER EXIZTENTIAZM
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549 WHERE WE LOZE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT WHILE- IT MAY NOT, IN THE TOTAL ZCHEME OF THINGZ MATTER,
|
||
|
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550 AT LEAZT ZOME OF UZ CAN ZLEEP PEACEFULLY AT NIGHT KNOWING THAT WE DID ONE THING THAT WAZ GOOD FOR ALL ("ALL") CONZERNED.
|
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|
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551 I THINK THAT IS THE ANZWER TO THE TIMELEZZ RIDDLE, THE FINITE ATTEMPTING TO COMPREHEND THE INFINITE , IE, IF WE CAN EXIT
|
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552 THIZ LIFE KNOWING THAT WE DID ZOMETHING WORTHWHILE, LIKE EG H.D. THOREAU, AND DEFIED THE ZYZTEM AND YET LEFT A LEGACY
|
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|
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553 OF INDEOENDENZE, THEN WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT?
|
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|
|
554 AARON, QUIZMAZTER, ETC, ALL, ZOME FEEDBACK? (ZIGNED) THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK/MODEM; LYSIAS
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555 OFF
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556 OFF LINE
|
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557 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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558 Milchar:yes,mental juvies.
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559 Aaron:The fly was thinking about how stupid the 2 humans were for racing
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560 to there deaths for a
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561 chance at killing a small insect.as flys can not multi-process well,he forgot th
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562 e inevitable conclusion to his actions.I.E. splat.
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563 All:notice the message fulla Z's above? nicly done but his name is suddenly
|
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564 correct,even with the s.hummmm,juvie hunt,juvie hunt!
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565 (current guess is Ron Evens,but thats only 70%.
|
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|
566 The Man in Gray-twit hunter.
|
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|
|
567 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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568 I LOST AT JEOPARDY! BABY,I LOST AT JEOPARDY.
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569 She was gone before he could make his way thru the press. He started to
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570 follow but stopped when he realized that she might misinterpret it. He turned to
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571 face the others.
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572 The inn was suddenly still as he stood in the door. The room seemed to
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573 darken and the apprentice somehow had grown to fill the doorway.
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574 "Well? I trust you are all proud of the way you greeted her? We accept strangers
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575 readily, but we seem somewhat lacking in manners when it comes to friends!"
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576 "I think I shall return to my master's house until the air is somewhat
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577 clearer."
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578 He strode off, muttering about "barbarians".
|
||
|
|
579 ...................................the apprentice...............................
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|
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580 I pray thee take care, fair lady!
|
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|
|
581 ................................................................................
|
||
|
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582 Bard looked down at the ninja. "Well, we can't take time to guard him
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583 now, so I think we'd better make sure he can't bother us until we're ready."
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584 He removed a small box from his pack and attached three electrodes to the
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585 sleeping form. One above each eye, & one at the base of the neck.
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586 "There! Now he'll sleep 'til the power pack runs down. Say three or four
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587 weeks..."
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||
|
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588 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
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589 Piper: If you and dreamtoucher can convince your furry friends to leave the
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|
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590 stuff on the shelves alone, I think there's enough room for them in my pack.
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591 I'd prefer to have you or dreamtoucher ride with them just to make sure they
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592 don't forget!
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593 As for getting us out of here... All I need is power. The real trick
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|
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594 will be getting it WITHOUT frying whatever we use for cables.
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595 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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596 MICKLESON, GARY: H.I. MEETINGS NEED TO BO@E SCHEDULED SOON !!!
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597 ALL: I AM LOOKING FOR PH. NO'S FOR MORE MEE@SSAGE SYSTEMS IN THE PORTLAND AREA
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598 PLEASE LEAVE THEM UNDER MESSAGES FOR H.I.
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599 THANKS,
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600 H.I.
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601 ********************************************
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602 TO:All
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604 FROM:U.A.C
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606 SUBJECT:Name Change
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607
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608 MESSAGE READS
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609 AS FOLLOWS...
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611 ********************
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612 ** NITE SHIFT **
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613 ** ITE SHIF
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615 ** TE SHI
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617 ** E SH **
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618 ** S **
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619 ** **
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620 ** S **
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621 ** HS E **
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622 ** IHS ET **
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623 ** FIHS ETI **
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624 ** TFIHS ETIN **
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